TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Miscellaneous

  • Civil War Era Music, Part I

    For almost fifteen years now, I have enjoyed listening to music of the period, or music written about Civil War events.  Nothing gets me going like a good fife & drum rendition of the Bonnie Blue Flag or Hell on the Wabash.  As a matter of fact, I have put them on my iPod and […]

  • Off-duty Amusement

    Now this sounds like an interesting tour. Might be even better if they included something stronger than water, and perhaps a period condom. Beats having to tote that Enfield around. “Hard Liquor and Women” – How Off-Duty Soldiers Amused Themselves During the Siege of Petersburg At 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, […]

  • Casualties

    Although we Americans think of our Civil War as the defining war of the 19th Century, the Europeans were quite active in killing each other as well. I came across these casualty figures in an old book and thought I’d post them for comparison. The first conflict referred to is the German-Danish War; the second […]

  • Heading to LA for the Weekend

    I will be in Los Angeles from Wednesday, June 18 through Sunday, June 22.  No worries, though.  TOCWOC is in the very capable hands of author and fellow blogger Fred Ray.  I’ve also got a few posts scheduled to appear in the next several days as well.  I just wanted to write a quick note […]

  • Uses of a dead soldier

    No, I’m not trying to be funny. However, a good deal of what we know about the modern forensics of body decomposition comes from the researches of Dr. Bill Bass, who runs the Body Farm near Knoxville, TN. Bass got started on this in the early 70s after finding the corpse of a white male […]

  • Clash of symbols

    Seen at the Lowe’s parking lot here in Asheville recently. Your guess is as good as mine.

  • Update: James Durney’s Book Notes for May 2008 is Rescheduled

    My apologies to Jim Durney.  I somehow posted a much-shortened version of his monthly book notes on Friday.  Look for the revised and full version to appear bright and early on Monday morning.  And go check out his reviews at Amazon.com!